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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Defending the Back and more Guard Passing

Worked on defending the back.

Back Flat

2 on 1 on arm attempting to choke

Get back to mat (opposite of the choke)

Kick leg out to get around hooks

Get flat on mat (can give up mount or try and scramble)

Baseball Bat Grip

2 on 1 on arm attempting to choke

Work for baseball grip on wrist

Sink and get head to outside of their shoulder

Get back on mat (side that is controlling arm)

Kick leg out to get around hooks

Baseball Bat Grip #2

Same sequence

But when you get your back on mat. Make sure body is on top of their thigh.

Kick up and roll into their guard

One thing that seemed to maybe work is trying to pin the arm into them using the push / pull motion. From there you might be able to pin them so that they can't get on top. Not sure if this works, but something that might work.

Guard Passing

This is really an update to an update that was done on 12/19/07. Couple of problem areas I was running into was my head placement. Mike gave me some tricks to combat them.

Heel to butt

When attacking the half guard Mike gave me the tip that I'm not sprawling when I do the heel to butt move

Wrestler's Cradle

Use when head is being pushed around a lot

With arm grab the top of their head

Bring their head to their knee

Lock hands together

Sprawl and walk around

Head to knee

Same as wrestler's cradle, use when head is being bounced around

Weave hand between legs

Grab top of their head and bring it to their knee

Sprawl, heel to butt and walk around

Backdoor

IF head is being pushed a lot

Instead of weaving hand between legs, put bicep in the bend of their foot

Grab their butt and pin leg

Sprawl and hop around

Notes

Work on the heel to butt move. It seems as if it'll open a lot when it comes to attacking and defending.